Qing 3rd Army

The 3rd Army was a field army established in October 1911 by the Qing Dynasty in response to the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising. It was one of the three field armies formed on October 14 by the Qing court, being assigned to defend the capital of Beijing. The 3rd Army consisted of the 1st Division from the Beiyang Army, the imperial government's crack troops, and the Capital Guards (Manchu bannermen), under Prince Zaitao. In November, the army's 1st Division was reassigned to Yuan Shikai's command, the 1st Army. All three armies were demobilized in December 1911, with the signing of a ceasefire between the Qing government and the revolutionaries.